Epidemiology and Prognostic Significance of Cough in Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease

Conclusion: Cough is common in patients with IPF and non-IPF fibrotic ILD, with increasing cough severity over time irrespective of ILD-targeted therapy. Patient-reported cough severity has prognostic implications on health-related quality of life, disease progression, and survival in fibrotic ILD.PMID:38536110 | DOI:10.1164/rccm.202311-2101OC

Source: Respiratory Care - March 27, 2024 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Yet H Khor Kerri A Johannson Veronica Marcoux Jolene H Fisher Deborah Assayag Helene Manganas Nasreen Khalil Martin Kolb Christopher J Ryerson CARE-PF Investigators Source Type: research